like damn and sh!t and @ss? Some words are vulgar and shouldn't be said, but those three...I dunno they just don't seem so bad to me.
2007-06-16 17:43:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No.
One type of profanity is the misuse of the sacred.
This category includes
+ Using God's Name in vain
+ Damning people and things to hell
+ Reviling heaven
+ Blaspheming
The Commandment, "Thou shalt not use the name of the Lord thy God in vain," prohibits any such misuse.
"Let not your mouth form the habit of swearing, or becoming too familiar with the Holy Name. ... one who swears continually by the Holy Name will not remain free from sin." (Sirach 23:9).
+ Bad Words +
Profanity is wrong even when it does not involve the name of God.
God gave humans the gift of language. Language should build relationships with others, and enable people to share their lives intimately with each other.
We also hear people use four letter words like f*** to speak profanely about goodness of human sexuality and the holiness of marital love.
Such language is not only negative, vulgar, impolite and offensive, but also debases the dignity of each human being.
Moreover, this language reveals not only a person’s bad attitude and lack of respect for others, but also his own immaturity and insecurity in dealing with others. In using these words, the person builds barriers rather than bridges with another person.
Take for instance the word Hell.
First, no one should make light of Hell, that place of eternal damnation.
Yet, people use the word is so many ways today:
+ In anger, “Go to Hell!”
+ In surprise, “What the Hell!”
+ In greeting, “How the hell are you?”
+ In inquiry, “What the hell are you doing here? Or, “What the hell are you doing?”
Not only are do these sayings use poor English; they show a lack of respect for what Hell is.
With love in Christ.
2007-06-19 16:55:47 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are curses,which are very wrong.There are "vain' uses of the names of God,His Holy Ones and sacred things or events which are disrespectful but often unintended and are bad habits as well as a scandal to children(who may pick up the bad habit) and an insult to believers. There are obsenities ,which degrade holy sexuality and other people and are wrong. There are scatologisms,which are childishly obsessive,ordinarily tasteless and make people uncomfortable,but are not"false oaths".
2007-06-20 13:26:18 · answer #2 · answered by James O 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well it has been proven less intelligent people cuss more than others but the only real word that shouldn't be said is the Lord's Name in Vain
2007-06-20 01:29:57 · answer #3 · answered by Templar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only "cuss" [curse] word I know of in the Bible is damn and hate. All the rest are man made and not of God.
2007-06-17 06:54:09 · answer #4 · answered by tinak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋